Modern British coin – HCR95587

Obverse

Inscription:

LET ME NOT / TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE / MINDS ADMIT IMPEDIMENTS. LOVE IS / NOT LOVE WHICH ALTERS WHEN IT / ALTERATION FINDS, OR BENDS WITH THE / REMOVER TO REMOVE: O NO; IT IS AN / EVER-FIXED MARK, THAT LOOKS ON / TEMPESTS, AND IS NEVER SHAKEN; / IT IS THE STAR TO EVERY WAND'RING / BARK, WHOSE WORTH'S / UNKNOWN,

Design:

inscription; quotation from Shakespeare's 116th Sonnet

Reverse

Inscription:

ALTHOUGH / HIS HEIGHT BE TAKEN. / LOVE'S NOT TIME'S FOOL, THOUGH / ROSY LIPS AND CHEEKS WITHIN HIS / BENDING SICKLE'S COMPASS COME; LOVE / ALTERS NOT WITH HIS BRIEF HOURS AND / WEEKS, BUT BEARS IT OUT EVEN TO THE / EDGE OF DOOM. IF THIS BE ERROR AND / UPON ME PROVED, I NEVER WRIT, / NOR NO MAN EVER / LOVED.

Design:

inscription; quotation from Shakespeare's 116th Sonnet

Information

Dating

1975

Note

Tickets suggest "Canada elongated cent"; certainly more likely to be a British 1p bit; the 1975 Canada cent does not feature "F·D·1975" whilst the British 1p piece does (HCR95584); plus, "NE(W) (PE)NNY" legible on rev HCR95585.

Period

Modern

Kind

coin

Metal

Reign

Elizabeth II

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

3.55

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

C11

Acquisition date

6/2019

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2019.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Shakespeare Medal Collection

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher